Somebody Put A Big Pumpkin Way Up On Top Of A Cornell University Tower
Today in 1997, a very gourd day on the campus of Cornell University: people found a very large pumpkin on top of McGraw Tower, 173 feet in the air.
American Cheese Got Its Start With A Guy From Canada
It's National Cheese Day! Today we're telling the story of American cheese, which got its start from a guy who emigrated to Chicago from Ontario.
Whey Protein Could Help Stop E-Waste
Could the secret weapon against electronic waste may be cheese? Research finds a process involving the byproduct of cheesemaking known as whey protein could help recover gold and other precious metals from old computer motherboards.
The Cheeseburger Has More Than One Origin Story
This weekend is National Cheeseburger Day, and there's only one such holiday. But if you ask where the cheeseburger came from, there are a couple answers.
“Am I being targeted”
Things are getting wild in the local Nextdoor group.
Martin Van Buren May Have Had The Cheesiest First Day Of Any U.S. President
Some presidential inauguration days are memorable; others are quiet. But the one for Martin Van Buren was probably cheesy, thanks to a giant cheddar sent to Andrew Jackson and a public party to eat it just before Van Buren moved into the White House. (Appropriately enough, today is also National Cheese Lover's Day.)
Dude, Where’s My Billion Years Of Geology
Scientists have been trying for years to figure out why there's a gap in Earth's geologic record that's about a billion years long, known as the Great Uncomformity.
It’s The Birthday Of The Shopping Cart
Shopping carts are all due to a guy in Oklahoma who, on this day in 1937, decided to take the shopping basket and give it wheels.
We Can Make Orange Juice Cups From Oranges
Feel the Peel is a big automated juicing machine that turns discarded orange peels into bioplastic cups. Although if you don't have the cup until you juice the orange, how do you drink the first cup's worth of juice?
Texting
The four year old says he's texting me. On a block of cheese.